Firefighter Gloves

Organizations whose members are expected to engage in physical activity as an essential aspect of membership - the various branches of the military, law enforcement, methods of fitness as CrossFit - necessarily impose criteria for remission in standard form, the minimum requirements that all potential members must meet. When an important part of your professional identity is based on your ability to make (or kill) the bad (the evil, mind you, whose main objective is to avoid capture), you should be able to run, jump, support your own weight, and properly perform all other physical activities that may arise in a day's work. The fitness standards are different to try to ensure that candidates are worthy in their respective fields.

They vary enormously, of course. Different jobs call for different skill levels. In addition, some organizations, like the army, are always looking for new recruits, so that their standards are not as rigorous by the standards of the Navy SEALs. There is a strong demand for entry to the seals, and they are doing their best to discourage casual applicants, while it certainly would be nice if the military were entirely populated by seals, it is not realistic. Thus, the army has "relaxed" standards.

However, I wonder if any of these criteria are suitable for the general public. If the average adult is fit enough to become, for example, a police officer? A sailor? Seal? Take a look at some.

Standards officer peace of Utah and Training (POST) certification requires prospective county police of Utah proposes to complete the following:

• 1.5 mile race at 15:37
• 16 representatives of pumps consecutive Restless
• 15-inch vertical jump
• 25 sit-ups in one minute
• 300 meters run in 70 seconds

The Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test (PFT) is more difficult and must be performed once a year you can not exactly hollow with her. There is also a fight against the Fitness Test (CFT) to complete, which is oriented towards the battlefield functional fitness. Men receive five points for each pull-up, one point for every crisis, and one point is deducted from 100 for every 10 seconds over 18 minutes on the three-mile range. Females receive 1.5 points for each second on the arm flexed hang (maximum 70 seconds), while the score is the same for crackles and three mile run (even if they achieve 21 minutes for the race). To get a perfect score of 300 PFT, men must do 20 consecutive push-ups, 100 crunches in less than two minutes and finish the series of three miles in at least 18 minutes. For women, 70 seconds on the flexed arm hang, 100 crunches, and 21 minutes. bare minimum, if? A man can get by with a few pull-ups, 50 sit-ups, and a time of 28 minutes of operation, a female can get by with 15 seconds on the shot, 44 sit-ups, and a time of 30 minutes of operation .

Military Supplements

SEALs require more fitness skills more general, and only the first physical test (PST). The numbers are absolute minimum, provided that they must be exceeded. A guy who just barely hits the minimum has technically passed, but there is no way it was more realistic.

• 500 meters breaststroke swimming or using a modified freestyle (called the fight against seafood) at 12:30 hours of competition under 10:30
• 42 push-ups in two minutes, the count of the competition at least 79
• 50 sit-ups in two minutes, the count of the competition at least 79
• Six consecutive dead hang pull-ups, c. competitive